Wear And Frictional Behaviour Of Additive Manufactured SS 316L Through Powder Bed Fusion

U.T.  Vinothraj; M. Anthony  Xavior

doi:10.6180/jase.202412_27(12).0001

Wear And Frictional Behaviour Of Additive Manufactured SS 316L Through Powder Bed Fusion

$XRD diffraction pattern of SS316L powder and as build SS316L$

U.T. Vinothraj and M. Anthony XaviorThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu- 632014, India

Received: October 19, 2023
Accepted: December 18, 2023
Publication Date: February 19, 2024

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Additive manufacturing (AM) is a key component in several strategic sectors, such as the automotive, aerospace, and healthcare industries. It builds the production of near-shape components and is capable of consolidating multiple assembly components into a single unit. Metal additive manufacturing produces high-quality components that replace conventional manufacturing. Metal additive manufacturing processes, such as powder bed fusion techniques, exhibit superior mechanical properties, especially in wear and friction applications. In this study, we have fabricated the components using optimal parameters through laser Powder Bed Fusion and explored the behaviour of Wear and Friction of additive-manufactured stainless steel 316L. The experiments were conducted using a Pin-on-disc machine with varying loads of 5N to 30N with the subsequent testing parameters. Minimum wear and friction rate occurs in 5N and 10N loads, whereas there is a maximum wear and friction rate in 20N and 30N. Surface roughness properties of before wear and after wear were studied in an Optical microscope, Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope and the subsequent EDX elemental mapping was analyzed, the crystallographic orientation of additive manufactured SS316L was examined by using Electron Back Scattered Defragmentation (EBSD). Surface hardness properties were studied using Vickers’s microhardness. Material characterization of additive-manufactured stainless steel SS316L was examined using XRD for Residual stress present during the powder bed fusion process.

Keywords: Additive manufacturing (AM), Powder bed fusion, Stainless Steel 316L, Pin-on-disc, Wear and Friction, Microstructure study

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